Abu Dhabi powerboats to Kopiko for Formula 1 opening round Thani Al Qamzi in pursuit of his 22 years old dream

Abu Dhabi powerboat team’s star and Emirati champion Thani Al Qamzi the is preparing for a new season of the international competition “Formula 1 World Championship”, starting its first round next week from February 24 to February 26 in the Indonesian city of Kopiko, declaring the head start of this season in a powerful launch of the world championship competitions.

Thani Al Qamzi famously known as “The White Shark” is preparing for his 22 season in the championship, in which he has been striving since his first participation to achieve his dream of winning the individual title for the championship, a title that he has come close to achieving in more than one season, had it not been for misfortune in collecting points at the end of the tournament always.

In the last season, the Abu Dhabi team’s boats monopolized the full championship titles by winning the general title, the speed title, and the team title, with the distinguished effort of Thani Al Qamzi and Sean Torrente, Abu Dhabi team achieved the title eight times since 1997.

The best scorer in the competition generally is the Italian Guido Capelli, with ten titles, who is also the coach of the Abu Dhabi team at the present time, followed by Abu Dhabi team in the second place as the best team in terms of numbers in the tournament.

Thani Al-Qamzi is preparing for a strong competition this season through the tournament, which powerfully returned through the map of international competition, starting its first rounds in Indonesia next week, continuing in the Republic of China in April, followed by an exciting season with three European rounds starting from France and then returning to Asia with two rounds, while the final round is set to be in the Emirate of Sharjah, in the United Arab of Emirates.

Thani Al Qamzi, the Emirati star revealed his readiness to compete with the purpose and goal of achieving the title in his name this season and also contribute to defending the title that Abu Dhabi team achieved last season. He said: “Through the years the desire to achieve the general title in my name grows. I came very close many seasons, most notably 2009, 2018 and 2021, and I still dream of achieving it”.

Al Qamzi added: “I have contributed in achieving many titles with my team that includes the speed title more than once, as well as the team title and the general title; although my dream does not stop here, I hope it will come into the light of reality every season”.

And about preparing for the opening round of Indonesia, Al Qamzi confirmed that he is technically and physically ready for the first rounds of the new season, since the last season ended early in December.

“With the start of the new season within two months of the end of last season, we are still in the best readiness to provide the best level during the current opening round of the championship” he said.

Al-Qamzi revealed the difficulty of the task in facing the aspirations of the rest of the participants and competitors, especially with the presence of a large segment of heroes, led by Sami Sileo, the star of the Sharjah team, and the Swedish Jonas Anderson, as well as the strong return of “victory team” and its co-stars Ahmed Al-Fahim and Eric Stark.

The first round of the championship will start next week on February 25 and 26 with the best timing race followed by the main race. It is expected that 20 contestants will participate in the opening round. It is worth noting that the race takes place in Lake Toba in Indonesia for the first time, in addition to the fact that the championship has rarely started from the Asian continent, as it always kicks-off from Europe.